The great debate Sand or gravel

[Tropjunky]

I just wanna know what ppl like. and WHY!

 

[aloaring]

I've tried both sand and gravel, but i always prefer the look of gravel and from my experience plants prefer growing in gravel. But that said fish like corys and botias defineately love sand!!

 

[Tropjunky]

i think plants like sand best there's more for them to set roots in, gravel is like floting the plant in the water in my experiance sand is better.

 

[RYO]

sand is far easier to clean and looks so much better

 

[nightlife20]

sand sand sand sand..

iv had both, prefer sand

 

[aloaring]

Suppose it depends on the size of the gravel, the roots of some of my plants rotted in sand whereas in gravel all the fish poo and food that gets in the gravel acts as a compost for the plants!! Maybe i had the wrong sand!! My fish seem to love their natural looking gravel and my loaches love to dig up the gravel and hide in it!! Yeah Gravel!!!

 

[Cheese Specialist]

*sigh* this was done only yesterday!

Sand.

 

[jaimoe]

Sand. Easier to clean, looks more natural, and my cichlids love to dig it up. I had gravel with the cichlids before, and they would dig it, but not nearly as enthusiasticaly as they do with the sand.

 

[Bomag]

like they said check out page two and it was done only yesterday sorry

 

[Dragonscales]

sand

 

[cutechic]

I like the look of sand best, although I don't have any tanks with sand yet

 

[CFC]

All depends on the fish you are keeping, some do better with sand some do better with gravel and plants do best with a mixture of both and a few more additives.

 

[cometcattle]

Just did my first sand tank, and I LOVE it. I used playground sand and and sprinkled some river rock gravel on top.

My next tank will be black sand.

 

[amazingbioloboydp]

Howsabout if ur keeping discus. They need REALLY clean enviornments.and i should be getting discus soon so i voted bare.but...I have sand in my 20.and gravel in my 35

 

[lilmolly]

I agree that sand looks better and is easier for the filter to pick up wastes. However, my complant is that it has broken every filter I have used with it.